> Record companies, artists and other rights holders are not pursuing lawsuits because they are "somehow vindictive" or want to send a message.
> They're also looking at this as part of a long-term fight over how IP gets used, just as the Internet Archive is.
Part of the fight is sending messages. Almost all of the fight is sending messages, actually. It's lobbying government, arguing in the courts, lobbying people in general, and creating fear in people who would share their works.
"Somehow vindictive" is just anthropomorphizing. They want the most money. They think that these are the tactics that will bring them the most money. If letting everybody share freely made them more money, they'd do that.
> They're also looking at this as part of a long-term fight over how IP gets used, just as the Internet Archive is.
Part of the fight is sending messages. Almost all of the fight is sending messages, actually. It's lobbying government, arguing in the courts, lobbying people in general, and creating fear in people who would share their works.
"Somehow vindictive" is just anthropomorphizing. They want the most money. They think that these are the tactics that will bring them the most money. If letting everybody share freely made them more money, they'd do that.